Tylenol autism lawsuits are being filed nationwide with a new Tylenol Autism class action lawsuit – technically an MDL, as we explain below – now certified in federal court. But, as we discuss below, that MDL is on the thinnest of ice. We are encouraging parents interested in bringing a…
New medical research has recently shown that using Tylenol (acetaminophen) during pregnancy can increase the risk of having a child with autism. This has prompted many parents to file product liability lawsuits against acetaminophen retailers and manufacturers for failing to warn about the dangers of using Tylenol during pregnancy. UPDATE: …
The latest scientific research has shown that high doses of Tylenol or generic acetaminophen during pregnancy can impact fetal brain development and increase the risk of having a baby born with ADHD or ADD. In response to this new evidence showing that Tylenol during pregnancy is linked to ADHD, many…
The Tylenol lawsuits are now essentially dead (barring a successful appeal) in federal court after the judge in the Tylenol autism MDL ruled that none of the plaintiffs’ evidence establishing a link between autism and Tylenol met the standards for admissibility in court. This effectively means that all of the…
The future of the Tylenol autism/ADHD lawsuits in federal court will largely depend on the outcome of the upcoming Daubert challenges regarding the admissibility of the each side’s expert witnesses on the issue of causation. If the MDL Judge rules that the plaintiffs’ causation experts should be excluded because their scientific opinions…
Recent scientific studies have found that using Tylenol (or generic acetaminophen) during pregnancy disrupts fetal development and may increase the risk of having a baby with autism. This new research has sparked a growing wave of product liability lawsuits by parents of children born with autism after acetaminophen use during…
The fate of the Tylenol autism class action will turn on the outcome of the upcoming Daubert challenges in which each side objects to the admissibility of the other side’s expert witnesses on the issue of causation. If Judge Cote excludes the plaintiffs’ causation experts because their scientific opinions are…
Parents around the country have been filing lawsuits against Tylenol manufacturers and retailers alleging that the use of the popular pain medication during pregnancy caused their children to develop autism. These lawsuits are based on new scientific research showing a link between the use of Tylenol (or acetaminophen) during pregnancy…